Prom dress donations sought for local youth

Photo by Colin Deppen
Mary Bowser, left, and Nancy Caskey, right, are collecting second life prom dresses to be donated to students unable to afford them.

ST. MARYS – With school dances a nearly ubiquitous, albeit expensive rite of passage for students, two local women are collecting gowns to be given away to those teens that may otherwise be unable to afford them.